DIA Options History — September 2015

In September 2015, DIA traded between $160.11 and $167.49. ATM implied volatility averaged 21.0%, placing in the 55.6% IV rank vs the trailing year. The 30-day expected move averaged 6.1%. IV traded below realized volatility by 4.0% (HV 20d: 24.9%). Max pain ranged from $160.00 to $170.00. Net GEX was positive for 0 of 21 trading days. Term structure was in contango for 9 of 21 days. Put/call ratio averaged 1.01.

Notable Days

  • 2015-09-18: Highest Volume — 154,343 contracts
  • 2015-09-28: Largest IV spike — 16.9% change
  • 2015-09-01: Highest IV Rank — 84.1%
  • 2015-09-01: Largest Expected Move — 8.4%

Monthly Statistics

MetricAvgMinMaxOpenClose
Price$163.24$160.11$167.49$160.49$162.64
Max Pain$163.71$160.00$170.00$170.00$163.00
ATM IV21.0%17.6%27.2%27.2%20.7%
Expected Move6.1%5.0%8.4%8.4%6.3%
HV 20d24.9%18.9%27.9%24.6%18.9%
HV 60d18.1%17.0%19.1%17.0%19.1%
IV Rank55.6%40.3%84.1%84.1%53.6%
IV Percentile94.5%89.7%99.2%99.2%93.3%
Term Structure-0.1%-0.7%0.4%-0.1%-0.3%
VWIV22.1%18.1%28.7%28.7%22.0%
Skew 25d7.9%6.8%10.2%10.2%7.0%
Skew 10d15.2%13.1%20.1%20.1%13.6%
Call IV 25d17.4%14.6%22.3%22.3%17.3%
Put IV 25d25.2%21.6%32.6%32.6%24.2%
Bid-Ask Spread %6.104.0615.325.524.06
Gamma HHI0.060.030.100.030.07
Net GEX-68.3M-159.2M-2.5M-79.9M-2.5M
Net DEX1.41B662.9M2.12B2.12B949.0M
Net VEX-10.7M-12.0M-9.8M-12.0M-10.2M
Div Yield0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
P/C Ratio1.010.731.360.791.07
Total Volume102,788.33346,360154,343114,746111,151
Total OI817,320.619686,358906,009829,516770,953

Daily Data (21 trading days)

DatePriceMax PainATM IVExp MoveHV 20dIV RankVWIVSkew 25dTerm StrGEXDEXVEXP/CSpread %Call VolPut VolCall OIPut OI
2015-09-01$160.49$170.0027.2%8.4%24.6%84.1%28.7%10.2%-0.1%-79.9M2.12B-12.0M0.795.5264,04650,700394,232435,284
2015-09-02$163.10$170.0022.8%6.6%25.7%64.1%24.0%8.4%-0.3%-68.0M1.62B-11.7M0.814.5855,64644,857400,632435,331
2015-09-03$163.89$160.0021.8%6.2%25.8%59.9%23.6%8.3%-0.2%-59.0M1.52B-11.9M0.807.8462,36249,938405,970447,268
2015-09-04$161.54$162.0023.4%6.6%26.1%67.1%25.3%8.8%-0.2%-110.1M2.09B-11.4M0.917.4463,10257,184413,185457,184
2015-09-08$164.59$162.0021.0%5.9%26.7%56.1%23.3%8.6%-0.1%-69.5M1.48B-11.4M1.3615.3219,66626,694385,728443,168
2015-09-09$162.39$163.0022.5%6.5%26.8%63.0%22.8%9.1%0.2%-86.8M1.85B-11.1M0.947.0259,20655,671403,189451,470
2015-09-10$163.16$163.0021.5%6.1%26.9%58.5%22.6%8.7%-0.1%-92.0M1.73B-11.0M1.166.8051,23359,525409,302462,191
2015-09-11$164.09$163.0020.5%5.9%27.0%54.1%22.1%8.2%0.1%-69.4M1.57B-11.1M0.955.8253,41850,505415,869476,397
2015-09-14$163.62$163.0021.0%6.0%26.9%56.0%22.8%8.1%-0.1%-106.9M1.67B-10.7M0.994.2143,29043,065403,333476,420
2015-09-15$166.23$163.0019.6%5.6%27.7%49.8%21.0%7.3%-0.2%-72.5M1.15B-10.6M0.806.9337,74830,307396,799483,532
2015-09-16$167.49$163.0018.6%5.3%27.9%45.3%20.8%7.5%-0.7%-56.9M662.9M-10.6M0.945.6960,00356,323403,028491,869
2015-09-17$166.66$163.0017.6%5.0%27.8%40.9%18.3%7.2%0.4%-78.7M892.6M-10.4M1.068.7965,41769,353407,432496,754
2015-09-18$163.55$164.0019.6%5.6%27.9%49.7%18.1%7.7%0.1%-159.2M1.91B-10.0M0.735.3588,98765,356405,469500,540
2015-09-21$164.80$164.0017.7%5.1%25.3%40.3%18.9%7.0%0.4%-14.0M718.0M-10.0M1.124.3443,79848,839313,357373,001
2015-09-22$162.12$164.0020.2%5.9%23.8%51.4%20.7%7.6%0.2%-47.0M1.21B-10.0M0.914.5441,70437,863320,893386,875
2015-09-23$162.67$164.0019.0%5.5%23.4%45.8%19.3%6.9%0.3%-44.2M1.10B-9.8M1.104.1038,30942,028330,833394,364
2015-09-24$161.81$164.0019.9%5.8%21.7%49.8%20.7%6.8%0.2%-60.5M1.30B-10.0M1.125.1351,56457,888335,374399,760
2015-09-25$162.91$163.0019.8%5.7%20.4%49.5%20.4%6.8%0.1%-28.4M973.1M-10.1M1.315.4548,22863,264344,757405,245
2015-09-28$160.11$164.0023.2%7.0%21.2%64.9%23.7%7.9%-0.6%-65.4M1.52B-10.0M1.174.9145,24553,059333,755402,497
2015-09-29$160.22$163.0022.8%6.9%21.2%63.3%24.6%7.6%-0.5%-63.8M1.49B-10.0M1.254.3240,83051,183344,578405,915
2015-09-30$162.64$163.0020.7%6.3%18.9%53.6%22.0%7.0%-0.3%-2.5M949.0M-10.2M1.074.0653,64457,507352,948418,005